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That's in your opinion. Not everyone who likes MOTU takes Filmation as the be-all and end-all of MOTU, a fact that will continue to surprise you everytime something non-Filmation gets unveiled by Mattel. Some of us were fans way before He-Man was a cartoon.

I was super stoked when I heard about this game and could not wait to get my hands on it, but I don't own apple products! I figured the wait for the Android version wouldn't be too far along so it wouldn't kill me to wait a bit longer. Well it now has been so long that my interest for the game has waned to just about nil! Even if this game were to make it to Android today, I'm not sure I would still want to get it. My excitement over this has disappeared!

I was super stoked when I heard about this game and could not wait to get my hands on it, but I don't own apple products! I figured the wait for the Android version wouldn't be too far along so it wouldn't kill me to wait a bit longer. Well it now has been so long that my interest for the game has waned to just about nil! Even if this game were to make it to Android today, I'm not sure I would still want to get it. My excitement over this has disappeared!

While my excitement for this game hasn't waned at all, I am very upset that it is taking so long for them to port it to the Android OS. I am constantly searching for a solid release date, and I am constantly disappointed.... come on Chillingo!! Give us the game already!

Originally Posted by dura_grip

I think every He-man and She-ra product should use the Filmation cartoon as the template.

The best part of the Masters Universe is the many facets from which the characters, stories, settings, plots, etc.. all come from. There is no be-all-end-all version of MOTU; if there was, then it wouldn't have stood the test of time like it has. I love every part of the MOTU universe, sure I have a particular like for the Filmation aspect, but I also fell in love with NA, MYP, and PoP all the same.

You can't make a soup using only one ingredient. You have to add many for the soup to be delicious!

Where are the rest of my New AdventuresClassics figures?!?!?

**Staunch FILMationlover!!! **** MUST complete the New AdventuresFaction!!!**

No offense, but that would suck for those of us who aren't Filmation fans or don't like those elements if they were done better in other official MOTU canons.

No offense back, but the percentage of the people who are aware of MOTU at all ("He-man" and "She-ra" in most cases) who actually know about, much less care about, anything but Filmation is an incredibly small number. Tens of millions of people all over the world only know He-man and She-ra from those shows.

That does not mean it cannot grow past Filmation, but it is the touchstone and building block for most people's knowledge of the franchise. That's why this game is doing so well - it's instantly recognizable, if they had just made a game called "Masters of the Universe" and gone another way, I don't think you would find it would have found nearly the audience it has.

On the topic of the game itself (been awhile since I weighed in) - I obviously loved the She-ra addition and am excited for more. I want some Evil Lyn, Sorceress, and Teela action. I have a feeling the next "expansion" will be villain-based - turn the tables around, so to speak, playing against the good-guys.

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Originally Posted by Blue Jester

I just now got around to this update and sounds like i missed some voting . She-ra's got some weird maniacal expression.
9?

That was my only criticism. That goofy smile looks like no She-ra expression I know, LOL.

Small thing, but since it is constantly there I do find it a bit irritating.

Let us all remember Transformers movies, and the millions they made. Success doesn't mean one has to heavily rely on the past, even if I do hope Transformers was different sort of movie. Cartoon and the movie has character names and some key character traits in common (just some, characters definitely weren't entirely the same either), and that is about it.

No offense back, but the percentage of the people who are aware of MOTU at all ("He-man" and "She-ra" in most cases) who actually know about, much less care about, anything but Filmation is an incredibly small number. Tens of millions of people all over the world only know He-man and She-ra from those shows.

That does not mean it cannot grow past Filmation, but it is the touchstone and building block for most people's knowledge of the franchise. That's why this game is doing so well - it's instantly recognizable, if they had just made a game called "Masters of the Universe" and gone another way, I don't think you would find it would have found nearly the audience it has.

I realize that Filmation has had the biggest impact, but snubbing everything that has contributed to the brand except for Filmation, like dura_grip wants keeps MOTU from growing.

Let us all remember Transformers movies, and the millions they made. Success doesn't mean one has to heavily rely on the past, even if I do hope Transformers was different sort of movie. Cartoon and the movie has character names and some key character traits in common (just some, characters definitely weren't entirely the same either), and that is about it.

Let's not forget the outcry that happened and that they ended up using the original actor to portray Optimus Prime again.

That said, I do not expect a live action film (should it be made, I have my extreme doubts that it would work) would follow Filmation exactly. That's a whole other ball of wax.

As my post said, doing a game like this at this time they would have been silly to try some brand new concept/designs - people are buying it because it is familiar and based on what they know, and that's why it has been so popular.

No offense back, but the percentage of the people who are aware of MOTU at all ("He-man" and "She-ra" in most cases) who actually know about, much less care about, anything but Filmation is an incredibly small number. Tens of millions of people all over the world only know He-man and She-ra from those shows.

I beg to differ. IMO the biggest impact was made from the toy line.

Even when I was a kid, pretty much EVERYONE I knew bought and played with MotU, but many simultaneously acknowledged how hokey and campy the cartoon was.

Sure, it gave wider exposure and introduced some new play pattern elements for the toys to be enjoyed by, but at least in my experience and what I witnessed, the toon was always secondary to the figures.

Let's not forget the outcry that happened and that they ended up using the original actor to portray Optimus Prime again.

That said, I do not expect a live action film (should it be made, I have my extreme doubts that it would work) would follow Filmation exactly. That's a whole other ball of wax.

As my post said, doing a game like this at this time they would have been silly to try some brand new concept/designs - people are buying it because it is familiar and based on what they know, and that's why it has been so popular.

Try unlocking some of the concept stuff. There was more Filmation influence in there like the Filmation He-Man smiling in the corner where the life meter is. They removed it, probably due to copyright reasons. I would have been turned off by too much Filmation stuff and liked it less. So not everyone is going to follow you no matter how many times and ways you say it.